https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/display-other-function-results-with-custom-merge-tag Gravity Support Forums Topic: Display Other Function Results with Custom Merge Tag en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 01:16:28 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/display-other-function-results-with-custom-merge-tag#post-71149 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 11:40:44 +0000 Chris Hajer 71149@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thank you for the update. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/display-other-function-results-with-custom-merge-tag#post-71145 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 11:18:06 +0000 Ian Rogers 71145@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Alex- that worked! Thank you. That function you listed is one created by another plugin. The code you gave is a good template for adding other functions into GF. Thanks! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/display-other-function-results-with-custom-merge-tag#post-71073 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:46:02 +0000 Alex Cancado 71073@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I am not familiar with the wpfg_list_favorite_posts(), but I am suspecting it does not return the HTML string, but prints it to the screen. Try the following and let me know if that works for you:</p> <pre><code>add_filter(&#39;gform_replace_merge_tags&#39;, &#39;replace_download_link&#39;, 10, 7); function replace_download_link($text, $form, $entry, $url_encode, $esc_html, $nl2br, $format) { //NOTE: this will be the merge tag you enter in the notification text $custom_merge_tag = &#39;{download_link}&#39;; if(strpos($text, $custom_merge_tag) === false) return $text; ob_start(); wpfp_list_favorite_posts(); $download_link = ob_get_flush(); $text = str_replace($custom_merge_tag, $download_link, $text); return $text; }</code></pre> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/display-other-function-results-with-custom-merge-tag#post-71052 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:47:27 +0000 Ian Rogers 71052@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Alex- have you had a chance to look at this? It's been about a week now. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/display-other-function-results-with-custom-merge-tag#post-69919 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:22:40 +0000 Ian Rogers 69919@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thanks for the quick response Alex. I am super close, however, I cannot get the function to output the HTML into the notification email. I basically replaced the gform_get_meta with a function wpfp_list_favorite_posts.</p> <p>I then inserted {download_link} into the notification section but it's not showing up in the notificaiton email. Is there anything else I need to add?</p> <pre><code>add_filter(&#39;gform_replace_merge_tags&#39;, &#39;replace_download_link&#39;, 10, 7); function replace_download_link($text, $form, $entry, $url_encode, $esc_html, $nl2br, $format) { //NOTE: this will be the merge tag you enter in the notification text $custom_merge_tag = &#39;{download_link}&#39;; if(strpos($text, $custom_merge_tag) === false) return $text; //NOTE: replace gform_get_meta() with the function that will return the HTML to be displayed. $download_link = wpfp_list_favorite_posts(); $text = str_replace($custom_merge_tag, $download_link, $text); return $text; }</code></pre> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/display-other-function-results-with-custom-merge-tag#post-69898 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:35:43 +0000 Alex Cancado 69898@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>You actually want to use the gform_replace_merge_tag filter. (<a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_replace_merge_tags" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_replace_merge_tags</a>)<br /> The following snippet should point you in the right direction. See NOTES section in the snippet.</p> <pre><code>add_filter(&#39;gform_replace_merge_tags&#39;, &#39;replace_download_link&#39;, 10, 7); function replace_download_link($text, $form, $entry, $url_encode, $esc_html, $nl2br, $format) { //NOTE: this will be the merge tag you enter in the notification text $custom_merge_tag = &#39;{download_link}&#39;; if(strpos($text, $custom_merge_tag) === false) return $text; //NOTE: replace gform_get_meta() with the function that will return the HTML to be displayed. $download_link = gform_get_meta($entry[&#39;id&#39;], &#39;gfmergedoc_download_link&#39;); $text = str_replace($custom_merge_tag, $download_link, $text); return $text; }</code></pre> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/display-other-function-results-with-custom-merge-tag#post-69766 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 20:25:12 +0000 Ian Rogers 69766@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I want to create a custom merge tag that will display the query results from another plugin.</p> <p>I am looking for a little more insight than what the Docs can provide here (<a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_custom_merge_tags" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_custom_merge_tags</a>)</p> <p>Basically, the other plugin lists favorite posts of the user with the <code>wpfp_list_most_favorited</code> function. How can I create a merge tag that will call this function and insert the results into a Gravity Forms notification if the form is embedded on a page with the plugin's results? </p>